Sixth Generation

298. Vesta M. (Bessie) Norris^{132,134,140,302}.
Birth: 10 January 1896, Fentress County, Tennessee.^134,140 There are records for Bessie as Vesta or as Vesta M. Norris.
Parents: Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Norris and Rhoda Jane (Rody) England.
Census: 1900, Fentress County, Tennessee.
Vestie 4 daughter, female, single, white, Jan 1896, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1910, Fentress County, Tennessee.
Vesta 14 daughter, female, single, white, laborer, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Birth of Child: 1918, Alfonza Baldwin, parent age: 22.
Birth of Child: 1919, Living Baldwin, parent age: 23.
Census: 1920, Fentress County, Tennessee.
Bessie 24 wife female married white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Birth of Child: about 1922, Shirley Baldwin, parent age: 26.
Birth of Child: about 1924, Living Baldwin, parent age: 28.
Birth of Child: about 1927, Living Baldwin, parent age: 31.
Birth of Child: 1929, Living Baldwin, parent age: 33.
Census: 1930, Overton County, Tennessee.
Bessie 34 wife female m@24 w, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Death: 23 January 1993, age 97, Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee.^134,140 Social Security Death Index Information: Name: Bessie N. Baldwin; Last Residence: 38553 Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee; Born: 10 Jan 1896; Died: 21 Jan 1993; State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951).
Burial: about 26 January 1993, Mount Union Baptist Church Cemetery (Campground Cemetery) Fentress County, Tennessee.³⁰² Tombstone at Mt. Union Baptist Church Cemetery gave only a birth date so she may not be buried there.
Name may be Vesta or Bessie M. Norris.

Vesta M. (Bessie) Norris and Rufus Lester Baldwin.
Marriage: 20 August 1916, Fentress County, Tennessee, Vesta M. (Bessie) Norris, to Rufus Lester Baldwin.³⁰²

Rufus Lester Baldwin^{132,136,140,302}, son of Marquis de Lafayette Baldwin and Armilda Anne Key,.
Birth: 18 June 1892, Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee.^136,140
Parents: Marquis de Lafayette (Fate) Baldwin and Armilda Anne Key. Draft registration: 5 June 1917, Fentress County, Tennessee.¹³⁶

1. Name: Rufus Lester Baldwin, age 24
2. Home address: Wilder, Fentress, Tenn
3. Date of birth: June 18. 1892
4. Citizenship: natural born
5. Birth place: Clarkrange, Fentress Co, Tenn
7. Occupation: farmer
8. Employer: at home, Fentress Co, Tenn
9. Dependents: mother of wife
10. Status: married; Race: Caucasian
11. Previous military service: none
Signed: Rufus Lester Baldwin
1. Height: medium tall; Build: slender
2. Eyes: blue; hair:
3. Disability: not to my knowledge
Registrar: William Henry Peters, Precinct 4, Fentress, Tenn, 5 Jun 1917
Birth of Child: 1918, Alfonza Baldwin, parent age: 26.
Birth of Child: 1919, Living Baldwin, parent age: 27.
Census: 1920, Fentress County, Tennessee.
Dist. 4, Enumeration District 20, Fentress County, Tennessee, 28 Jan 1920; page 88a, dwelling number 521, family number 532; Baldwin Rufus 27 head male married white, house carpenter, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Bessie 24 wife female married white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Amis 3/12 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Birth of Child: about 1922, Shirley Baldwin, parent age: 30.
Birth of Child: about 1924, Living Baldwin, parent age: 32.
Birth of Child: about 1927, Living Baldwin, parent age: 35.
Birth of Child: 1929, Living Baldwin, parent age: 37.
Census: 1930, Overton County, Tennessee.
Dist. 9, Enumeration District 67-13, East & South Tennessee R.R., Overton County, Tennessee, 15 Apr 1930; page 137a, dwelling number 81, family number 82; Baldin Rufus 39 head male m@27 w laborer, coal mines, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Bessie 34 wife female m@24 w, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Ammons 10 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Sherley 8 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Paul 6 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Caudine 3 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Rufard 7/12 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Death: 7 April 1978, age 85, Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee.^140,302 Social Security Death Index Information: Name: Rufus Baldwin; Last Residence: 38553 Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee; Born: 18 Jun 1892; Died: Apr 1978; State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951).
Burial: about 10 April 1978, Mount Union Baptist Church Cemetery (Campground Cemetery) Fentress County, Tennessee.³⁰²

Vesta M. (Bessie) Norris-44010 and Rufus Lester Baldwin-43738 had the following children: